Define "aircraft." Describe some kinds and uses of aircraft
today. Explain the operation of piston, turboprop, and jet engines.

Point out on a model airplane the forces that act on an airplane
in flight.

Explain how an airfoil generates lift, how the primary control
surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudder) affect the airplane's
attitude, and how a propeller produces thrust.

Demonstrate how the control surfaces of an airplane are used
for takeoff, straight climb, level turn, climbing turn, descending
turn, straight descent, and landing.

Explain the following: the sport pilot,
the recreational pilot and the private pilot certificates; the instrument
rating.

Do TWO of the following:

Take a flight in an aircraft , with your parent's permission.
Record the date, place, type of aircraft, and duration of flight,
and report on your impressions of the flight.

Under supervision, perform a preflight inspection of a light
airplane.

Obtain and learn how to read an aeronautical chart. Measure
a true course on the chart. Correct it for magnetic variation, compass
deviation, and wind drift. Arrive atto determine a compass heading.

Using one of many flight simulator software packages available
for computers. "fly" the course and heading you established in requirement
2c or another course you have plotted.

On a map, mark a route for an imaginary airline
trip to at least three different locations. Start from the commercial
airport nearest your home. From timetables (obtained from agents
or online from a computer, with your parent's permission), decide
when you will get to and leave from all connecting points. Create
an aviation flight plan and itinerary for each destination.f. Explain the purposes and functions of
the various instruments found in a typical single-engine aircraft:
attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, airspeed indicator,
turn and bank indicator, vertical speed indicator, compass, navigation
(GPS and VOR) and communication radios, tachometer, oil pressure
gauge, and oil temperature gauge.

g. Create an original poster of an
aircraft instrument panel. Include and identify the instruments
and radios discussed in requirement 2f2e.

Build a model FPG-9. Get others in your troop or patrol to make
their own model, then organize a competition to test the precision
of flight and landing of the models.

Do ONE of the following:

Visit an airport. After the visit, report on how the facilities
are used, how runways are numbered, and how runways are determined
to be "active."

Visit a Federal Aviation Administration facility - a control
tower, terminal radar control facility, air route traffic control
center, flight service station, or Flight
Standards District Office. (Phone directory listings are under U.S.
Government Offices, Transportation Department, Federal Aviation
Administration. Call in advance.) Report on the operation and your
impressions of the facility.

Visit an aviation museum or attend an air show. Report on your
impressions of the museum or show.

Find out about three career opportunities in aviation. Pick one
and find out the education, training, and experience required for this
profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession
might interest you.

There was a typo in requirement 2f in the 2014 Boy Scout Requirements
booklet. When the requirements were renumbered, they did not
change the reference from 2f to 2e at the end of the requirement.
That error was corrected in the 2015 booklet.

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